The FIFA Bulgaria national football team (Bulgarian: Български национален отбор по футбол, Bŭlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) is an association football team fielded by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. The team's home ground is Vasil Levski in Sofia and Mihail Madanski is in charge as caretaker manager until a permanent replacement for Lothar Matthäus is found. Their best World Cup performance was in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, where they beat defending champions Germany to reach the semi-finals, losing to Italy, and finishing in fourth place after being defeated by Sweden in the third place play-off.
